Born March 2, 1825 in the "Long Ordinary" in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and died March 1, 1899 in Mountain Cove (now Ansted), Fayette County, West Virginia.

This photograph was furnished by Nina Wills Combes, a descendant of Martha. Nina writes about this photo ... "In my house hangs a large professionally-done photo of Martha Catherine Tyree given to me by a member of my Wills family in whose home it hung in Ansted, West Virginia. Her husband was Dr. Joel Wills."